Georgia Station, VT
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Georgia Station at a glance
Georgia Station serves about 120 people through 51 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Franklin County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005556; phone on file: 802-782-8309. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 13 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Georgia Station is 50 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 25 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 50 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Against other Vermont systems
Of the 372 Vermont systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.4 ppb; 7 are over 15 ppb right now and 65 have gone over at some point. Georgia Station's 13 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Vermont and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Franklin County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Georgia Station. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Albans Water Dept | 10,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swanton Village Water | 4,000 | 5 ppb |
| Enosburg Falls Water System | 1,700 | 2.2 ppb |
| Richford Water System | 1,700 | 1.6 ppb |
| Fairfax Water Dept | 1,550 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montgomery Water System | 530 | 1.6 ppb |
| South Georgia Fire District | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sheldon Water System | 480 | 1 ppb |
| Bakersfield Fire District 1 | 446 | 2 ppb |
| Franklin Water System | 400 | 0.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Georgia, VT may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Georgia Station whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.